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Since 1975 I have been studying and collecting unusual Old World weavings A.K.A. "oriental rugs and kilims",from all areas, always looking for originality and improvisation. Alternate email address: jbatki@twcny.rr.com

  • John Batki
    Antique Middle Amu Darya torba fragment, mounted on linen, 38 x 16 inches. Very rare design. Great colors, very poor photo. please ... read more
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    Antique Beshir fragment, 2 pieces sewn together. Fat pile, great colors. -- Please contact me directly at johnbatki@gmail.com
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    Excellent antique Turkmen Ersari Middle Amu Darya trapping. 19th century. Please inquire at johnbatki@gmail.com
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    Antique Turkmen Kejebe torba in distressed condition, complete with yellow plain weave back. -- usd 325.plus shipping. Please inquire directly at: johnbatki@gmail.com
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    Interesting and rare antique Manastir prayer rug with large octagonal reserve above mihrab, 49 x 75 inches. Both madders reds and and ... read more
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    Extremely rare antique Transylvanian Szekely or Voivodina Sokci (Sokac)kilim, 112 x 194 cm.in very good condition. Wool and cotton, plus a third ... read more
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    Antique Anatolian kilim. 54 x 61 inches. Archaic design in a small kilim on a monumental scale. Please contact me directly at:
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    Antique Anatolian kilim fragment, 20 x 16 inches. Wool and white cotton. Probably Malatya area. usd 150.- plus shipping. Please contact me ... read more
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    Archaic Antique Avar rug, 37 x 47 inches. Good pile, original sides and ends. Three horizontal crease slashes in field, and one ... read more
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    Antique Baluch with 17 Hooked Diamond Guls on Camel Hair field
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    Kirman Tree under Arch embroidery, wool on fine red pashmina plain weave. 30 x 108 inches. Circa 1900.
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    Rarely seen South East Asian textile, 26 x 285 cm. Handspun cotton embroidery on very fine handspun cotton gauze. It seems ... read more
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    Detail, antique Anatolian small kelim with 8 hexagon guls, Cumra region
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    Shirvan 15 Snowflake Stars on Ivory. a 19th century prayer rug of petite dimensions. Camel hair and wool, some cotton weft. Numerous ... read more
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    Fine and very old East Caucasian Yellow Field Khyrdaghyd pattern rug, ca. 4 x 4 ft 5 inches. Nice variant motifs near ... read more
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    Singular Baluch prayer rug, with 159 snowflake stars in a staggered repeat on the camel field. 34 x 54 inches. Each star ... read more
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    Rare Baluch group rug with 6 Heraldic Shrubs, 19th century, 34 x 48 inches. Symmetrical knots, 10 lively colors, in good condition ... read more
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    detail, very early Ivory Lattice Caucasian rug with wear, sound foundation and no repairs.
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    detail, Aksaray Yatak
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    Monumental Yatak, 145 x 200 cm. 19th century or earlier. Similar examples: 1)Lefevre, June 1982, #28. 2)Turkish Handwoven Carpets Vol.4, #0405. 3)Kirchheim, ... read more
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